Building the first hydrogen refueling station in Washington State

Rendering courtesy of 2014 winning team member Pat Fromme.

Last spring ME 316 achieved new heights. We re-visioned the class and undertook what was likely the largest project in the history of the course in the Machinescape. Along the way we turned what was the lowest student reviewed course in MME and likely made it the highest with a 4.9/5.0 rating. Even this is just the beginning.

This fall’s semester of ME 316 has an unprecedented opportunity, potentially in the history of engineering education. Our challenge: design the first hydrogen refueling station in Washington State and compete to win the Department of Energy’s $1 million H2-Refuel challenge.

Along the way we are going to pioneer a new class structure and communication system. We will follow the JigSaw classroom technique integrated with the Slack communication system. We’re working to seamlessly integrate Slack with this WordPress page. So stay tuned! The real time blog posts could form a systems design textbook accompanied by a fantastic story of student learning and achievement.